{"id":2728,"date":"2011-11-06T23:47:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T23:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2011-11-06T23:47:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T23:47:33","slug":"the-mcrib-needs-to-go-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/the-mcrib-needs-to-go-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The McRib Needs To Go Back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don't buy into the hype.<\/p><\/div>\n

While traveling in Arizona this weekend I had a chance to go to McDonalds. Doesn’t sound very extraordinary but lately due to personal budget cuts I haven’t really gone out to eat much. Not that I think that I have missed much, but seeing how it was the travel budget that was paying for this meal I didn’t worry about it too much.\u00a0Going back to\u00a0the McRib however, I don’t really get it .<\/p>\n

First of all, despite what the box says,\u00a0it isn’t that tempting.\u00a0 It comes in a very decorative paper box, but once you open it, it is very messy. They put a lot of\u00a0barbecue sauce on it and it immediately gets all over your fingers. I know a lot of places advertise this as good, but to me a food should compliment a food item, not hide it. Though in this case hiding is probably a good thing because the rib part of the McRib is very odd looking. Since when did pork ribs come altogether? With it’s pink coloring it kind of reminded me of a smashed hot-dog. Add together the flimsy pickles and soggy lettuce and it looked like someone had stepped on a barbecue smothered hot-dog and was now asking be to pay $2.70 plus tax for it.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to taste. I thought the McRib was supposed to taste like\u00a0pork ribs, but to\u00a0 me it tasted\u00a0like a barbecue smothered hot-dog. It was different,\u00a0but it was not\u00a0good. Granted this may be personal bias,\u00a0but I do not like barbecue sauce on my hot-dogs. Plus I have never attempted to put pickles, lettuce, and onions on one either. It didn’t even taste like a good hot-dog, it was more like those generic hot-dogs that are mushy and you pick up at the 99 cent store.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my last point, price. As I mentioned earlier I paid $2.70 plus tax\u00a0for the McRib sandwich. That makes it\u00a0about $3 dollars.\u00a0For $3 dollars I expect a pretty good hot dog. For three dollars you can buy a hot dog at El Guero Canelo (I should write about that place some day) or get a Polish dog at work. Both of those hot-dogs are worth $3 dollars. The McRib is not worth $3 dollars. If I could I would ask for my money back, but I can’t so I guess I will have to just accept the fact that I wasted my money on that gelatinous goop.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, I\u00a0don’t want to dis McDonalds, I actually like McDonalds. I am neither a health food advocate and I have been known to eat a Big Mac on more than one occasion. I didn’t think the McRib was going to be the best thing ever, but the way my friends were making it sound I did expect it to at least taste decent. Sad to say however it wasn’t the least bit decent. I write only to warn you of the hype, it will get you every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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